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Homestead Grays (HOM) 5 Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 1

Game played on Friday, May 16, 1947 (N) at Ainsworth Field, Erie PA
Exhibition game

Cleveland Buckeyes                  0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  4  3
Homestead Grays                     2 0 1  0 1 1  0 0 x   -   5 12  1

BATTING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
George Minor lf                       4   0   0    0     0              
Archie Ware 1b                        4   0   0    0     0              
Sam Jethroe cf                        4   0   0    0     0              
Clyde Nelson 3b                       4   1   0    0     0              
Leon Kellman 2b                       3   0   2    0     0              
Willie Grace rf                       3   0   0    1     0              
Johnnie Cowan ss                      2   0   1    0     1              
Tommy Harris c                        2   0   1    0     1              
Clyde Williams p                      1   0   0    0     0              
  Joe Atkins                          1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
  George Jefferson p                  1   0   0    0     0              
Totals                               29   1   4    1     2   1    24    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Archie Ware, Leon Kellman, Clyde Williams. 
E: 3.  Sam Jethroe, Johnnie Cowan 2. 
PB: 1.  Tommy Harris. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  3


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   0    0     1              
Luis Marquez 3b                       4   0   3    0     1              
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   0   1    1     0              
Luke Easter lf                        2   1   1    2     2              
Ed Young 1b                           4   1   2    0     0              
Robert Gaston c                       1   0   0    0     1              
  Clarence Isreal 2b                  2   0   1    0     0              
Gabe Patterson rf                     2   1   2    0     0              
  Bob Thurman rf                      2   0   0    0     0              
Clarence Bruce 2b                     1   0   0    0     0              
  Frank Thompson                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Eudie Napier c                      1   1   1    0     0              
Cecil Kaiser p                        2   0   1    1     0              
Totals                               30   5  12    4     5        27    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Ed Young, Clarence Bruce. 
E: 1.  Luis Marquez. 

BATTING -
2B:  Luis Marquez. 
SH:  Clarence Bruce, Cecil Kaiser 2. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jerry Benjamin. 

PITCHING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Clyde Williams L                     5       9   4        3       0  25
George Jefferson                     3       3   1        2       0  14
Totals                               8      12   5        5       0  39

WP:  Clyde Williams. 

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Cecil Kaiser W                       9       4   1        2   1   0  31
Totals                               9       4   1        2   1   0  31



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